Lorikeet Pair

Lorrikeet Pair, originally uploaded by Ladymaggic.

In the wild the natural diet of the scaly breasted lorikeet includes seeds, fruits, berries, pollen, nectar and flowers.
Rainbow lorikeets are found all along the eastern coast and the eastern half of the southern coast of Australia, the rainbow lorikeet is one of Australia's most brilliantly plumaged parrots. Mainly feeding on tree blossoms and some insects, they have readily adapted to introduced fruit crops. Preferring timbered areas and roosting in large noisy flocks at night, they set out to forage all day returning at night to the same roost. Breeding from August to January, the usual number of eggs is two. When the local food supply runs out, they may disappear overnight, having moved on to search for a more productive area.